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The ideas shaping our lives today - with artists and thinkers in debates and interviews.

The ideas shaping our lives today - with leading artists and thinkers in extended interview and debate.

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Edward King

Somalia Seaton

Nadia Latif

Marc Lewis

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Ruth Watts

Free Thinking: Brazilian Culture, Saying the Unsayable, Addiction, Raqib Shaw

Brazilian Culture, Saying the Unsayable, Addiction

14/07/2016

Brazilian Culture, Saying the Unsayable, Addiction, Raqib Shaw

BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Brazilian Culture, Saying the Unsayable, Addiction, Raqib Shaw

Anne McElvoy looks ahead to the Rio Olympics, discussing Brazilian culture.

Anne McElvoy looks ahead to the Rio Olympics, exploring Brazilian culture with Luiz Eduardo Soares and Edward King. Plus discussions about saying the unsayable and addiction.

Anne McElvoy looks ahead to the Rio Olympics discussing Brazilian culture talking to author, politics lecturer and former National Secretary for Public Security Luiz Eduardo Soares and with Dr Edward King from the University of Bristol. This summer the RSC is exploring saying the unsayable this summer with a season of plays, Anne talks with the writer and the director of one of those plays, 'Fall of the Kingdom, Rise of the Foot Soldier' - Somalia Seaton and Nadia Latif. Neuroscientist Marc Lewis explains why he is convinced that addiction is a behavioural problem and not a disease. And Raqib Shaw talks about his new exhibition of self-portraits. 

Rio de Janeiro: Extreme City by Luiz Eduardo Soares published by Allen Lane is out now. 
Digital Technologies in Argentine and Brazilian Culture by Edward King explores the use of science fiction in literature and graphic fiction from Argentina and Brazil. 
The Biology of Desire: why addiction is not a disease by Marc Lewis published by Scribe is out now
'Fall of the Kingdom, Rise of the Foot Soldier' runs from 27th July at the RSC in Stratford
Raqib Shaw's self portraits are at the White Cube in Bermondsey until 11th September 2016. 

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